Random thoughts, Cancer, Toxins, etc.

Reminiscing on the passing of Steve Jobs makes one wonder how someone so brilliant and so talented could be taken so soon.   It is sad at any age, sadder still when it is a young person or someone who has passed before their time.   In Steve’s case, could it have been genetics, was it stress, a virus, or toxins in our environment.  What the medical community knows so far about pancreatic cancer and all cancers in general, is that we really don’t “always” know for certain.   We have statistics and we have probable causes and we know some of the risk factors; genetics, age, poor health habits such as smoking, obesity, diet, chemicals and toxins in the environment and more.   And in Steve Job’s case, no probable cause, was listed.   One can’t help but wonder if the toxins in our environment weren’t the biggest contributing factor in his case, or most of the cases today. 

One might take away, from the statistics on cancer, that increased age alone is the biggest factor in developing cancer, as the numbers progress rapidly upwards as we age.  But deciphering what those figures really mean, may reveal the real reason as to why our bodies cannot fight the assault of cancer cells.  Is it really that at some age, our bodies no longer have the ability to fight the mutated cells, or is it that our bodies, at a later date, becomes so overwhelmed with the amount of chemicals and toxins, that no single person could have fought the onslaught.  I believe that it is the latter rather that the former and here is where the discussion on cancer truly starts.

We must start asking ourselves the hard questions about cancer.  Is it worth having the illnesses and early loss of life caused by cancer, when the only benefit is the acquisition of the “stuff” which turns into “junk” that may have contributed to the cancer, (produced via the use of toxic chemicals), in the first place?    I am sure that as a society we can agree, that the cost / benefit ratio is high, and not worth the benefit in the end.  We as a nation can do better than that and it is time to rethink the way we do things.   Let’s start by joining the Green Movement for a better and healthier nation, and let’s start today!

For more information on the connection of toxins to cancer, follow this link:http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-05-06-1Achem06_ST_N.htm